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Newham (other)
Newham is a London borough. Newham may also refer to: Places * Newham, Lincolnshire, a List of United Kingdom locations: New-Newl, location in the United Kingdom * Newham, Belsay, now in Belsay parish, Northumberland, England * Newham, Ellingham, Northumberland, England; see Newham railway station * Newham, Victoria, Australia * Coulby Newham, Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, England People with the surname * Billy Newham (1860–1944), English cricketer * Edgar Newham (1914–1995), Australian rugby league footballer * Jessica Anne Newham (born 1991), an Australian singer and songwriter known by her stage name Betty Who See also * Newnham (other) * Newsham (other) {{disambig, geo, surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Newham
The London Borough of Newham is a London borough created in 1965 by the London Government Act 1963. It covers an area previously administered by the Essex county boroughs of West Ham and East Ham, authorities that were both abolished by the same act. The name Newham reflects its creation and combines the compass points of the old borough names. Situated in the East London part of Inner London, Newham has a population of 387,576, which is the third highest of the London boroughs and also makes it the 17th most populous district in England. The local authority is Newham London Borough Council. It is east of the City of London, north of the River Thames (the Woolwich Ferry and Woolwich foot tunnel providing the only crossings to the south), bounded by the River Lea to its west and the North Circular Road to its east. Newham was one of the six host boroughs for the 2012 Summer Olympics and contains most of the Olympic Park including the London Stadium, and also contains ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belsay
Belsay is a village and civil parish in Northumberland, England. The village is about 5 miles from Ponteland on the A696, which links the village with Newcastle upon Tyne and Jedburgh. The population of the civil parish was 436 at the 2001 census, increasing to 518 at the 2011 Census. Scottish nobleman and doctor John de Strivelyn was granted the manor around 1340 by Edward III. On his death, the estate passed to his daughter Christiana, who was married to Sir John Middleton, and it has remained with the Middleton family ever since. Belsay parish includes the former parishes of Bitchfield, Black Heddon, Bolam, Bolam Vicarage, Bradford, Gallowhill, Harnham, Newham, Shortflatt, Trewick, and Wallridge. Belsay is home to Belsay Castle, a fine medieval castle, and to Belsay Hall. Landmarks Belsay Castle is a 14th-century medieval castle situated at Belsay. It is a Scheduled Ancient Monument and a Grade I listed building. The main structure, a three-storey rectan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Newham Railway Station
Newham railway station was a railway station that served the hamlet of Newham Hall, Northumberland, England from 1851 to 1950 on the East Coast Main Line. History The station opened on 1 February 1851 by the York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway. It was situated on both sides of the level crossing on an unnamed road southwest of the hamlet of Newham. Two sidings were to the south of the level crossing facing the down platform; one was elevated above the coal loading bank. Newham was one of the seven stations to be closed due to the Second World War World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the World War II by country, vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great power ... and it reopened on 7 October 1946 but the Sunday services were stopped. There were very few services after the station reopened; there was an 8-hour gap from 9:30am to 5:34pm. This fa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Newham, Victoria
Newham () is a town in the Shire of Macedon Ranges in Victoria, Australia. It is situated between the towns of Kyneton, Woodend and Lancefield. At the 2006 census, the surrounding area had a population of 570. At the 2016 census, Newham and the surrounding area had a population of 506. History The township of Newham was occupied as a station in 1847 by settlers named Peters and Dryden and called Dryden's Rock; The district of Newham and Woodend was created in December 1861; it became the Shire of Newham and Woodend in January 1905. Newham Post Office opened on 16 September 1861 and closed in 1971. Possible origins of the name In 1848 it may have been named Newham after Rev. Newham, an Anglican priest. Around the 1850s, Newham was known variously as ''Hieland Town'' or ''Isle of Skye'', perhaps indicating a Scottish heritage of the early settlers. It would appear that these names were colloquial terms rather than official names. While it is likely that the town was name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coulby Newham
Coulby Newham is an area in the Borough of Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, England, with a resident population of 10,700, measured at 8,967 (Coulby Newham Ward) at the 2011 Census. It is in the TS8 postcode. History Early Coulby Newham began as farmland and this is reflected in the names of many of the streets such as Lingfield, Manor Farm Way and Paddock Wood. 'Colebi' and 'Nieweham', were separate medieval hamlets when identified in the Domesday Book of 1086, formerly covered this site. The agricultural legacy of the area, reminiscent indeed of that of the entire wider Middlesbrough area, is still touched on today by the working Newham Grange Leisure farm, itself harking as far back to life in this particular spot of rural Yorkshire as the 17th century. Modern By the 1970s, Middlesbrough's continual southerly urban expansion reached the area. The area's construction in 1978 was featured in the 1980 BBC TV Play for Today, Alan Bleasdale's "The Black Stuff". It is a black ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billy Newham
William Newham (12 December 1860 – 26 June 1944) was a cricketer who played first-class cricket for Sussex County Cricket Club. He also played one Test match for England against Australia in 1888.Billy Newham CricInfo. Retrieved 2023-05-10. CricketArchive. Retrieved 2023-05-10. He was educated at , where he was a member of the cricket eleven. He stayed on there as an assistant master until 1887. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edgar Newham
Edgar Wynton Newham (1914–1995) was a rugby league footballer for Canterbury-Bankstown, New South Wales and for the Australian national side. Rugby league career Edgar Newham played his first game of Rugby League at 19 years of age. By the time he was 24, Edgar Newham joined Canterbury-Bankstown from Cowra, New South Wales and played 9 seasons with the club between 1938-1945 and 1948. He found immediate success when Canterbury won their first premiership, beating Eastern Suburbs Roosters 19–6 in the 1938 Final. Newham played on the wing in the Final. Four years later in 1942, Newham crossed for 5 tries in a mid-week match against the Balmain Tigers that decided the minor-premiership. His five try record in this game was only equaled in 2002 by Nigel Vagana. Canterbury won the match 26-20 and went on to win the 1942 Premiership, beating the St. George Dragons 11–9 in the grand final. The war years interrupted his Canterbury-Bankstown career. In 1946 he returned to Capt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Betty Who
Jessica Anne Newham (born 5 October 1991), known by her stage name Betty Who, is an Australian musician, singer and songwriter. After independently releasing her debut single, " Somebody Loves You" (2012), and her debut extended play, '' The Movement'' (2013), she signed with RCA Records and later released her debut studio album, '' Take Me When You Go'' (2014). Her second studio album, '' The Valley'' (2017), saw the commercial success of her cover of " I Love You Always Forever", which peaked inside the top ten in Australia and reached the top of the '' Billboard'' Dance Club Songs chart in the United States. Early life Jessica Anne Newham was born in Sydney, Australia, where she lived until her mid-teens. Trained since the age of four as a cellist, she moved to the United States in 2007 to attend Interlochen Center for the Arts in Michigan. Newham is also self-taught on piano and guitar, wrote her first songs at age 14, and began performing as a singer-songwriter two yea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
